{"id":9317,"date":"2012-07-01T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T10:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=9317"},"modified":"2012-06-30T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T10:37:33","slug":"aegee-with-a-big-heart-for-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2012\/07\/01\/aegee-with-a-big-heart-for-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"AEGEE with a BIG Heart for Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Dear volunteers from Pozna\u0144! I have just received an excellent message that happily announces the amount of money you had collected there \u2013 thank You, thank You so much! On 1st of June 2012 we celebrated Children\u2019s Day and even though most of you are the adults I wish you all the best!”<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>This is the beginning\u00a0 of the letter written by the priest Witold Szulczy\u0144ski, <\/em>the vice-principal of Caritas Georgia. This initiative makes us feel proud and at the same time encourages us to promote this sort of actions amongst you, dear AEGEEans.<\/p>\n

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AEGEE-Pozna\u0144 decided few weeks ago to organise an event which does not resemble any of the previous ones. The idea was born during one of the very first coffee meetings attended by Ligia Szulc, the coordinator of the local initiative \u201cSerce dla Gruzji\u201d (Heart for Georgia) and an ex-AEGEE member. Together, we decided to bring help to those in need in Georgia.<\/p>\n

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AEGEE with Heart for Georgia took place on 28th<\/sup> May. Although the first idea was \u00a0to organise only a concert with the aim of fundraising, our event developed to a much greater one. \u00a0The special day began with fundraising at the universities of Poznan. It was commonly named as the \u201cCookie Action\u201d because of its form \u2013 the volunteers from both AEGEE and Serce dla Gruzji were selling cookies which were donated by a local bakery as a charity gift. The Cookie Action lasted\u00a0five hours \u2013 most of the doughnuts, cakes, and buns (all of which are local delicacies) were sold. In the meantime, the charity auction was held on the biggest online auction in Poland Allegro.pl.<\/p>\n

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Two bands \u2013 \u201cPropaganda Dei\u201d from Poland and \u201cMaking of a Man\u201d from the United Kingdom came to Pozna\u0144 to contribute to our initiative. \u201cGeorgian Night\u201d was like the cherry on the cake for this\u00a0event. It consisted in two main parts \u2013 we started\u00a0 with the cultural one – a panel discussion held between volunteers and guests coming from Georgia and a local municipality. \u00a0Girls from AEGEE-Pozna\u0144 had prepared traditional Georgian dishes \u2013 cheese chaczapuri and lobiani with beans. I wish you tried them, they were awesome!<\/p>\n

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That day ended\u00a0 with two unforgettable concerts. Full of positive energy and happiness we came back home with the feeling that we had managed to reach a milestone with this event. As a result of our collection during the day, we have sent almost 350 Euros to Tbilisi. There\u2019s another thing which confirms that one good deed entails\u00a0 another one \u2013 our action was supported by a young couple who during their marriage asked for \u00a0financial support to our action instead of flowers for themselves. They collected almost 130 Euros.<\/p>\n

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It was worth putting an effort to organise such an event. We got the possibility of promoting Georgian culture in Pozna\u0144, to meet other AEGEEans from Georgia and other countries and \u2013 what is most important\u00a0 \u2013 we have made a contribution to the great work created by the priest Szulczynski. Owing to our financial support, the orphanage in Tbilisi which is led by Caritas Georgia, will be renovated. A small amount of money will cover the costs of a treatment of a young guy who had a serious accident.<\/p>\n

(\u2026) I really appreciate the fact that so many people put their heart to the action and did their best to help the others. I\u2019m so grateful and I\u2019ll always be. AEGEE-Pozna\u0144<\/em> encourages you to make the events with the passion of your heart. The biggest heart you\u2019ve ever had!<\/em><\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0Adrian Browarczyk, AEGEE-Pozna\u0144<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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“Dear volunteers from Pozna\u0144! I have just received an excellent message that happily announces the amount of money you had collected there \u2013 thank You, thank You so much! On 1st of June 2012 we celebrated Children\u2019s Day and even though most of you are the adults I wish you all the best!” This is the beginning\u00a0 of the letter… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,518,509],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9317"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9327,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9317\/revisions\/9327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}